Due for release
from Gravel Road Music are two volumes entitled
�Elvis Presley � You Know, It Doesnt Have To Be
Strictly Country� with acetate recordings Elvis
supposedly took home and agreed to be released.
Volume 1 contains recordings from June 4, 5 and
6, 1970. The second volume cintains recordings
from June 7 and 8 and September 22, 1970.
The press release: �Elvis Presley � You Know, It
Doesnt Have To Be Strictly Country � Volume 1
and 2 are 70% unreleased and 100% better
sounding 45 amazing tracks collected from
private collections of which many for the first
time in this shape on CD.
These are the acetates which Elvis took home to
play-back and agreed to be released! All tracks
have been digitally restored and re-mastered.
These acetates often sound better & different
than what we know and made it to a LP or
nowadays on CD.
Some tracks which appear to be known are now for
the first time in their complete form. So in a
way it�s released and unreleased� This includes
studio talk, count in, left and right channels,
longer fade outs or even different lyrics or
simply differently sung. Most will be stereo.
As happened in the past some releases only used
one channel (This was a easy way to reduce the
distortion but so much got lost!) The audio
difference between tracks is purely the source
and the transfer.
Some have been transferred on to DAT others on
to regular cassette tapes in the past. Keep in
mind that the original acetates are various in
playability.
Original acetates can only be played a few times
(after that the quality gets less.) We chose for
maximum sound quality per track instead of
making them similar to each other! In this way
you always get the best sound out of very
recording.
The synopsis for these two cd's: The masters
without dubbing and without repairs in their
complete form. Unfortunately we don�t have every
master on acetate of the June and September
sessions. So we added some first takes to cover
all songs. Also a few tracks of work in
progress, a rare chance to hear, a song still
being built up to a complete dubbed final
master. Guide-strings, -horns, -backing vocals,
the talking, it�s all there!
Something which will strike everybody is that
Elvis�s voice remains impressive on each track.
Background information: It�s a public known fact
that Elvis regularly disagreed with the released
version of the songs. Unluckily he hardly made
his point towards the ones responsible, knowing
there were times he was wrong and the song
became a hit (In the Ghetto, Suspicious Minds,
Burning Love and others) These two cd�s contain
the versions how Elvis liked it!
All together a really new kind of release which
will make many Elvis fan�s happy to hear these
rare acetates available in their best possible
form. The purist will be happy since no effects
have been used to enhance the sound.
There are no further copies of acetates
available in better sound, only a very few
copies were made of each song and most are gone
or badly damaged. The acetate lacquer wears out
very fast so every track is unique.
Disc 1 - Volume 1 - June 4
- 5 - 6, 1970.
June 4
01. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights (Take 9 �
Master , Undubbed �Unedited) Acetate
02. I�ve Lost You (Take 7 � Master , Undubbed
�Unedited) Acetate
03. I Was Born About 10.000 Years Ago (Take 1 �
Master , Undubbed �Unedited)
04. The Sound Of Your Cry (Take 11 � Master ,
Undubbed �Unedited) Acetate
05. The Fool (Take 1 � Try Out)
06. Little Cabin On The Hill (Take 2) � Master,
Undubbed
07. Cindy ,Cindy (Take 1) Unedited
June 5
08. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Take 8 � Master
, Undubbed �Unedited, Unrepaired)
09. Got My Mojo Working /Keep Your Hands Off It
(Take 1 � Master , Dubbed Brass & Horns
�Unedited)
10. How The Web Was Woven (Take 3 � Master,
Back-Up Vocals, No Additional Overdubbing )
(Previous Unreleased)
11. It�s Your Baby, You Rock It (Take 5 � Master
, Undubbed �Unedited) Acetate
12. Stranger In The Crowd (Take 9 - Master,
Guide Strings & Backing Vocals ) (Previously
Unreleased)
13. I�ll Never Know (Take 7 � Master, Undubbed
�Unedited) Acetate
14. Mary In The Morning (Take 5 � Master,
Undubbed, Unedited) Acetate
June 6
15. Ain�t No Big Thing (Take 9) (Dubbed Strings)
(Previously Unreleased)
16. You Don�t Have To Say You Love Me (Take 3�
Alternate Master, Dubbed Strings � No Backing
Vocals) (Previously Unreleased)
17. Just Pretend (Take 3 � Master , Undubbed
�Unedited) Acetate
18. This Is Our Dance (Take 11 � Master ,
Undubbed �Unedited) Acetate
19. Life (Take 20 � Master , Undubbed �Unedited)
Acetate
20. Heart Of Rome (Take 3 � Used For Composite
Master , Undubbed �Unedited) Stereo (Previously
Unreleased)
Bonus Tracks
21. Bridge Over Troubled Water - V.O July 2 3
(Acetate) Stereo (Previously Unreleased)
22. There Goes My Everything (Take 3 � Master ,
Undubbed �Unedited) Acetate
23. The Next Step Is Love - June 22 (Backup
Vocal Overdubs )Acetate
Total Running Time 78.38
Disc 2 - Volume 2 - June 7, 8 and September 22,
1970.
June 7
01. When I M Over You (Take 1 � Master ,
Undubbed �Unedited) Acetate
02. I Really Don�t Want To Know (Take 4 �
Master, Undubbed) Acetate
03. Faded Love (Take 1 � Master, Undubbed �
Unedited) Acetate
04. Tomorrow Never Comes (Take 13 � Master,
Undubbed) Acetate
05. The Next Step Is Love (Take 11 � Master,
Undubbed) Acetate
06. Make The World Go Away (Take 3 Master,
Undubbed Spliced With Work Part Take 1 (Ending)Acetate
07. Funny How Times Slips Away (Take 1 � Master
, Undubbed , Unedited) Acetate
08. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (Take 1 �
Master, Unedited, Undubbed)
09. Love Letters (Take 5 � Master, Unedited,
Undubbed) Acetate
June 8
10. There S Goes My Everything (Take 1) Complete
11. If I Were You (Take 9 � Master, Undubbed
,Unedited) Acetate
12. Only Believe (Take 4 � Master , Unedited,
Undubbed) Acetate (Previously Unreleased)
13. Sylvia (Take 8 � Master , Undubbed
,Unedited)) Acetate (Previously Unreleased)
14. Patch It Up (Take 8 � Master , Undubbed
,Unedited) Acetate
September 22
15. Snowbird (Take 6 � Master, Undubbed,
Unedited) Acetate (Previously Unreleased)
16. Where Did They Go Lord? (Take 6 � Master,
Undubbed , Unedited) Acetate
17. Whole Lotta Shakin� Goin� On (Take 2 �
Master, Undubbed, Unedited)
18. Rags To Riches (Take 4 - Unrepaired Master,
Undubbed, Unedited)
Bonus Tracks July 18
19. I�ve Lost You (Take 7 � Master, Back Up
Vocal Overdubs) (Previously Unreleased)
20. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Take 8 � Master,
Brass & String Overdubs Mix Down) (Previously
Unreleased)
21. The Next Step Is Love (Take 11 � Master, Mix
Down) (Previously Unreleased)
22. I�ll Never Know (Take 7 � Master, No Backing
Vocals, Mix Down) (Previously Unreleased)
Source: EPgold
Posted: 17th. November 2007